Finnish skating news 2017/18

[nimi]

Finnish synchro team winning the Worlds yesterday got some actual attention in the sports media. E.g. YLE TV1 sports news made it their #1 story, you can watch it here (I think it's not geoblocked but Flash Player problems sometimes occur with this YLE Areena stuff): https://areena.yle.fi/1-4294374?autoplay=true

Also the quest for making synchro an Olympic sport was discussed. If there's anybody here who's not Finnish and wants to know more in detail what is being said here, let me know!

ETA: a couple of write-ups
https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-10150008
https://www.mtv.fi/sport/muut-lajit...ti-mestaruuden-tukholmassa/6850304#gs._ZUd=Ns

 

[Sylvia]

Congratulations to Kiira Korpi on her marriage! She shared this photo one week before their April 30th wedding: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh6ZV_qgHwY/?hl=en&taken-by=kiira_korpi

News thread is here (includes photo links): https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/kiira-korpi-got-married.103912/

 

[maija]

Team Finland 2018-2019 (Single Skating) was announced today:

CEDER Linnea, EsJt
KARHUNEN Laura, EsJt
LINDFORS Viveca, EsJt
PELTONEN Emmi, EVT
RUOKONEN Enja, TapTL
STOLT Vera, PTL
SULA Sofia, TL
VIRTANEN Valtter, KeLS *
VÄLITALO Selma, OLK
VÄÄNÄNEN Milania, PTL

Junior Team Finland 2018-2019 (Single Skating):

FEDOROVA Yulia, EsJt
HELSKE Mai, ETK
KARP Minea, TapTL
KRESTYANNIKOV Jari, TapTL *
LINDFORS Fanny, EsJt
LINDFORS Matias, EsJt *
LIUKKONEN Tilda, LTL
STOLT My, PTL
HEIKKINEN Minttu, KuLS
HENTUNEN Olivia, KuLS
LISKO Olivia, TapTL
PAJULA Frida, LRT
RIEKKINEN Janni, KuLS
SIVU Silja, TapTL

* men/boys (all others ladies/girls)

 

[nimi]

^ Wow, that's a whole lot of Lindforses, especially considering that there's also the ice dancer! Speaking of that Lindfors: on STLL's Facebook page it says that Lindfors/Pirinen have spent some time on Moscow to train and get a new FD, and Turkkila/Versluiss spent 3 weeks in Detroit working on programs with Camerlengo (SD) and Scali (FD).

 

[mag]

So why is the Jr. Men’s champion not listed on the Jr team?

 

[maija]

Maybe Junior Team was not the best translation. The members are mainly Novices.
Best Seniors and Juniors are in Team Finland.

I think they have had harder criterias than before, especially for men/boys. There are only Valtter Virtanen and two very young promising boy skaters.

 

[Hanna]

So is Galay quitting? And Saarinen?

Wow, that's a whole lot of Lindforses

Yeah. But good for them for getting all 4 kids to skate at such a high level (affording it too!).

 

[alchemy void]

And Saarinen?

I saw @nimi’s list yesterday and this was my first question, although I was too embarrassed to ask. #hopedieslast